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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
Mr.. MORlSlNrS STORY.
Brief sketch of his Life and Troubles As
Told to u Newspaper Man.

Brief sketch Of his Life and Troubles as
: Told to a Newspaper Man.
| had a long talk with Mr.. Morisini the
other day. | will not identify him as the
father of Victoria Schilling, because that was
the burden of his plaint. l am convinced
that lie is a much abused man, the victim of
social ostracism that is as unjust as it is cruel
He told his own story well, with spirit and
picturesdueness that cannot reproduce He
was subaltern in the Austrian army. He
joined his fortunes with the patriotic cause
Of Is, and wasa gallant soldier under Charles
Albert, receiving severe wounds at the battle
of Noyarro He worked his passage to this
country a cabin boy.
His large fortune is the fruit of his indi-
vidual energy and thrift He lavished money
upon the education Of his daughters and was
a most lund and indulgent father. When
Victoria was to sing for the first time at a
charity concert she said she must have dress
lust like one that Patti had worn. 1t was
given her at a cost of 81 100. Then she must
have diamonds like Patti. Mr.. Morisini
bought $40 900 worth to deck out his daugh-
ter's vanity.
He trusted implicitly in the honor of his
children. aud when Victoria went off with the
coachman the blow fairly staggered him, He
has never communicated with her since.
"She has chosen her own course" he ex-
claimed Il will not even sanction a divorce.
No, she is not in this country. / send her
certain sum OF money TO live on. Her con
duct presses heavily upon me- Go where
can, do what NAV, am known as o,d Moro
SIM. the father of Victoria Ny own honor
able career weighs as nothing against the so
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

The Meg of Charlotte Cushman was a sibyi,
a pythoneSs before whose oracular utter
ances the boldest might have trembled.
What a thrill went through the audiences As
she suddenly darted from the side scene and
then stood motionless, with one claw like
finger of a skeleton hand pointer at Henry
Bertram. What face. blanched and
tanned and wrinkled and SCARED, as it were,
by the storms of centuries; blear eyed, with
Melusa- like gray locks struggling from be
meath kind of turban, while the tall bony
figure was clad in a mass of inde>cribable
rags, shreds, patches Of all colors, marvel
ously real
The tall, weird figure on tiptoe, the with
cred arms thrown up, one holding her staff
far above her head; the deep, rough voice,
rising 70 the shrek Of bird of prey upon the
final word-it was not mere acting, it was All
inspiration as great as anything Rachel ever
achieved / once heard an old actor, who
was PLAYING Dandie Dinmont, say that he had
to turn away his bead while supporting her
III her death scene: and l have seen ladies in
the house cover their faces with their hands,
unable to endure the sight of the dying agon-
les Of that awful face in the fierce struggle
against the coming doom. When all was
over she WAS borne off the stage, and some
little time elapsed between her death and the
fall of the curtain, sufficient for her 10 wash
off her hideous mask and paint and powder
her face though the dress was unchanged,
for the call. Ii was curious bit of coquetry
for so great an artistic, but she invariably did
it.-Gentleman's Magazine.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

The latest fad" among the New York ar.
dealers is the private room. An inner apart
menl is gorgeously furnished and lighted arti-
ficialiy for the express purpose TO which it il
devoted Bric-a-brac of the rareSt sets off the
handsome decorations, and the entire en-
semble is dream of exquisite luxury The
central attraction for which all this is pro-
vided is single picture upon an easel. some
example of high art. The bait thus set the
customer is introduced by invitation and the
dealer, with his subjects placed at the best
advantage, exercises his persuasive arts free
from outside hndrance or interference Re
suit, the realization of from so to 800 per
cent. profit on foreign works and no public
ity unless the patron desires it The fashion
has not yet reached Chicago, nor is it likely
to for the present, for obvious reasons.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

| had talk recently with Massachusetts
Gcn, who has been west on a prospecting
tour. He said. Il have been aStounded in 60
ing through the western country 10 note e
remarkable stage Of improvements which
hey havc attained II You get Off the cars
It any town of 900 or 5000 inhabitants or
larger, you will find yourself in the midst of
4 civilization that Is equal 10 any of the great
cities of the east. You find electric lights.
perfect telephone and telegraph district mes
senger service, modern improvements in the
way of sanitary drainage street cars, fine
public buildings and perfect fire service.
Looking the place over you will find build
inss of modern construction, finely equipped.
possibly with elevators and with all the mod
trn improvements. Such town is as far ahead
Of n New England place of the same size as
anything YOU can imagine. Ii took me some
time to realize the conditions and to figure ont
the causes from which they resulted The
real fact seems to be that these western peo-
pie are getting the Senetits of all the improve
Ipents and inventions and progress of the
older civilization The cars on the western
railroads are more luxurious than those of
the older lines in the east. Railroads are
built on a scale of Improvement much finer
1t would do the people of the east great good
If they could be transplanted out into the
western country for little while TO see the
differences | have noted New Eorl, Tr-ih-
Qna
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
How Competition WAS Made to Pay.

A merchant relates the following expert
ence: when | was young man set up in
trade and took store where there was not
another store within quarter of a mile,
thinking should do more where there We're
no others, but at the end of the year found
all that had made could be put in my eye.
sat down one day thinking my lot was a
mighty hard one and told my clerk that |
was going out for a while, and that he must
keep a sharp lookout for customers. | went
down town, and looking around found that
two or three stores were doing a very good
trade near together. and in passing one of
these stores found the owner quite talka-
tive man. We put our heads together, and
in the course of a week the store directly
opposite his received my stock in trade and
coat of blue paint on the outside while his
received a coat Of green. The first day did
nothing but stand at the door and look pOuty
at the green store, and my friend stood Oh
his steps looking ditto at me. As people
came in commenced running down the green
store, and the latter always run down the
blue, SO that between us both We built up
trade that was quite lively. People having
taken sides and newcomers always purchas-
ing of one or the other, gradually grew
rich, and at the end of some dozen years we
settled up, and found that opposition or
what answered that name. had brought Gus
tom and had made my fortune. Goods
Chronicle
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

A gentleman residing near Kingston asked
his daughter to write a short business let
ter for him the other day. The result was
not particularly encouraging to the man who
tlattered himself that his daughter was top O.
the heap" in the way OF "eddication." Words
were misspelled in the letter, grammatical
errors were fragrant, punctuation was ignored.
syntax was at skies and sevens, and the whole
production was more worthy of child OF 6
than young lady who was nearly through"
school
In rage and Indignation the parent asked
his daughter what she did in school. oh.
we didn't bother with anything like that. {"
was the reply; 1--WE study the higher branches. +"
w ell, for IS sake, begin over again" said
the man, and fly low. Here I'm giving YOU
an education III the hopes that You will be
able to write my letters and assist me iii
other ways, and here You haven't the first re-
quisite. Its downright discouraging, that's
what il is, and the man heaved a sigh over
his oifsIring's Elaring deficiencies. i'll the seem
nrly obsolete but most important branch of
prrson's educatiOn.-kingston n Y Free
ulaIt.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

DR.. POrret has published some very
curious instances Of exhausted muscular
power. OF course the writer's craInp is a
case in point; bnt there are professional
movements" other than writing which ex-
haust the lowers of those who use them.
Niolinists lose the power of manipulating
the strings with their left hand, and vio-
lonCello players that of making the nut
with their left thumb: compositors cease
to have power over the stick; tailors can
no longer sew. and even nailmakers can at
last no longer Use the hammer 1t is sa-
gaciously suggested that, in view of this
disastrous state of things, everybody
should have a second calling To fall back
upon when the first gives out-Boston
Budget
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

GoSchen was elected 10 the commons
from London district.
England has made proposition to the
Porte TO neutralize Egypt.
A German company has been formed to
build railroads in the Congo state.
Camden's chances for L. 5. senator in
West Virginia are decidedly small.
Judge Nicholas Longworth is making a
cruise Of the Mediterranean in a yacht.
A French movement of troops TO the
German frontier is stated TO be prepared.
Jacob Hockenberger. Of Toledo. O.. has
been fined 500 for selling liquor on Sun
day.
Minister Pendleton's friends state that
his return has no connection with cabinet
changes.
Dayton. O.. has been redistricted. and
the democrats are very much hurt over the
change.
Illinois will send five commissioners to
represent that state at the Cincinnati CEN
tennial.
The great strike in New York is petering
out slowly but surely Ia a rather ingloriouS
termination. Many of the strikers places
have been filed by outsiders, and business
along the docks has become quite active
again.
While the hall of the Minnesota house Of
representatives was crowded the ceiling
crosS-beams was seen TO be settling, and the
hall was immediately cleared of spectators.
The building is new. but is not considered
safe.
The investigation of the White River
Junction disaster shows 81 persons to have
been on the wtecked train. 81 Of whom
were wounded. b of whom were killed.
and Il of whom returned home. This ac-
couLts for all.
Governor Thayer. of Nebraska. has sent
a telegram Ia VI. DeNille. French minister
of agriculture amt commerce. and Colonel
5. ID. Thompson, SecIctary of the American
Percheron association, Paris. to Use efforts
with the government of France 10 prevent
the issue of any orders prohibiting the eN-
pOriation of Percheron horses from France
10 the United States.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
SOLITAIRE.

Patience Yes, that's the womans game;
The dull delight Of solitude,
Where rank on rank she strives to frame,
And speech or laughter ne'er intrude-
Night after night, beside the fire,
When evenings lonely lamp lit,
Oppressed with thoughts that vex and tire,
Among the cards her fingers fit
The woman's game! on some poor king
The sequence Of her play is built;
The queen comes after hGpless thing
And next the knave with grinnng guilt
Then all her treasures, one by one,
Are thrown away to swell the Pile,
The last and least when that is done,
Begin again, the night beguile.
wamans game; 20 sit and wait;
Build and rebuild, though fate destroy.
Shuttle the cards; for soon or late
There comes an end to grief and joy.
man NAV fight, or sow, or reap.
Divide the seas. or traverse earth:
She can but drudge, or pray, or weep,
What is her life or loving WORTH
She sits there when the day Is dead.
lonely and listless. Do YOU dare
DENY. when all is done and said.
That woman's game is solitaire
Rose Terry Cooke in Harper's Razar.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
The Poland of Africa.

Zululand seems to be the Poland of
Africa. First Great Britain cut of big
slice of Western Zululaud, called it the
Reserve and drove the independent Zulus
out of il because Natal did not like them
as neighbors Then the Transvaal Beers
viewed what WAS left from their noun
tain tops, pronounced it "a beautiful loca-
ton for new republic and invented a
preteXt for moving in. They were actu-
ally trying To appropriate five-siNths of
the country. when Great Britain stepped
in as a mutual friend. cut the Land in two
in the middle and assigned the east half
to the ZUlus and the west Ia the Beers, re
serving generous strip along the entire
coast for herself. So the warriors of Getty
wayo are being crowded into Il corner of
their heritage, while white men parcel out
the biggest and best part Of it.-Foreign
Letter in Boston Transcript
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
.Another Drop of OIL

To the Editor of the Republic:
Mother Stewart was not present at the
Temperance hall meeting last Sunday af-
ternoon. and hence her ''cruse of oil" failed
TO cover the most troublesome" fact The
cGsus bcIli was Mr.. DeNitt's speech. Mr..
BuIock's address was not in itself offensive,
and before an Iowa republican audience
would have been appropriate enough. Dr.
Falconer's first speech was nothing more
than a good-natured statement addressed
mainly 10 Mr.. Bullock, explaining the situ-
alton in Ohio As compared with Iowa. Had
the leader closed the meeting at this point
the waters would not have been much
troubled. Then Mr.. Dewitt made quite a
speech. in which occurred personal remarks
offensive To the invited guests, which re-
marks were cheered loudly by the audience.
Then Dr. Gotwald entered his protest. fol-
lowed BY similar protest from DIR. Fall
c,ner ONE WHO WAS PRESENT.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
The Passenger Was Left,

Capt. Selah Dustin, who has com.
manded lake craft without number, been
skipper of Il woodward, and encountered a
good deal of rough legal weather during
his stormy career, at one time ran q boat
between Detroit and Port Huron The
captain prided himself on the punctuality
with which the lines were cast of and his
boat left for its destination. One day,
while waiting for freight preparatory to
plOwing the waves in the direction of Port
Huron. a stranger walked on board and
accostej the captain as follows:
What time does this boat gor'
AT O'Clock sharp"
Does she go on time ~
she does-right on time"
The prospective passenger here pulled
out his watch, and exclaimed:
why, it's quarter after now.'
Without the slightest perturbation and
in tone Of drawing placidity, the captain
responded:
well, then, this boat has been gone
exactly fifteen minutes" Then he re-
sumed his supervision of the loading of
freight.-Detroit Free Press.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
Look Out for Your Wells.

II becomes more and more evident each
year that much of the sickness prevalent in
the country is directly attributable TO the
quality of the water. BY carefully studying
the matter 1t is found that in nine cases out
of ten typhoid fevers originate in families
whose water supply is from a well into which
impure water comes. This may he from the
farm yard, and quite generally such is the
case. For some years the water in a well
near the house may be pure and wholesome.
but by and by the soil between it and the
barn yard will become So impregnated with
pollution that an unhealthy quality will he
impaired TO it, and disease will result from
its suse.-American Agriculturist
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

The Dayton JOu mai always says a good
thing, in a robust way. Ii declares that
The Ohio woods are full of good timber for
Governor. but what We always need is a
strong advocate on the stump, with avail
able qualities. But it is useless TO chatter
about candidates for 1887 while Foraker is
around He is foreordained TO re-nomina-
ton without opposition, with unparalle'e
unanimity.
Major Bickham is now a deep-water Bap-
tist, but he would make a first-class Pres
byterian, with very little modification.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
OLDEST GYPSY QUEEN.

'I-htNt StEfN-
There is no queen Of the gypsies in the
United States, i'll the sense that -he rules over
all in America said Broadway. There are
several tribes in this country. each having its
own queen and king The tribe referrei to
in dispatch i different from ours, Just one
tribe of Indians would differ from another,
though related in race. Our tribe is one of
the oldest and our queen is alive, and a white
haired woman who Is well advanced in years,
and whom wa expect To have among us for
many wears to come In the fall of each year,
when we settle in oiir winter quarters in the
cities, our queen goes hack TO England and
returns again i'll spring. She is the oldest
gypsy queen now in the world alive and has
reigmed longer than any of her predecessors. ="
How does she look"
well, | suppose you have the picture of a
decrepit old woman in your mind, having
pinched and wrinklei features, shriveled in
form and hearing out the accepted idea of a
witch But she looks altogether different
Our queen is well preserved, little above the
average height, with kindly features and
glorious black eyes while her hair l. like the
foam of your Niagara. She travels with US
during the summer. and is adoreI by Young
and old wherever We go We are proud of
our queen, for she is as good as she is beauti-
full. She returns TO this country in about
two months"
The family wagons of the several families
belonging TO the gypsy tribe of which Broad
way is a member are stored in 1aylor's man.
moth warehouse on Seneca street. The We
hicleS are CuriositicS in their way and quite
ornamental il construction The handsomest
car or wagon is that of Uncle John Broad
wav, and is a very costly affair. Its inte-
rior is fitted up in oriental splendOr, with rich
gilt carvings and inlad wood designs, and Is
sumptuously upholstered. The accommoda-
tions are arranged somewhat after the plan
of Pullman sleeping coach. Large plate
glass windows swinging on hinges and pro
vided with heavy raw silk curtains are on
the sides. and a stained glass window Orna-
ments the rear. These wagons, of which
there are five are for the women and chill
dren. The kitchen utersilS are carried under
the wagons and all the cooking is done in
the open air. The temperate. sanitary. out
door life of these people is conducive 10
good health, and sickness among them while
on their travels is an unusual thing. In Buff
falo there are at present about 100 gypsy
families i'll winter quarters, and every tribe
in the United States is represented. About
Nav the annual summer hegira viii begin
and the tour generally lasts until about the
latter part of OctOber.-Bufralo News.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

If any of our English neighbors get in
the vicinity of our Ericsson DESTROYER
lin the event of war they would do wei
to dive and stay under until the DE
stroyer' gets out of sight. If they wait for
her. she will send them down. aS she has q
a dynamite arrangement that can destroy
any ship that floats. But, then, we shal
not have war.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
Hint for Agricultural Colleges.

The Gardeners Monthly suggests that agri.
cultural colleges assign small plats of ground
to such of the students as may desire to culti-
vate them and in such way as their tastes or
inclinations may lead them These plats to
be supervised or overlooked by some compe-
tent person, and reports made at the annual
commencement of such as were found to be
worthy Of special mention.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

Mr.. Lampson's township local option bill
was up in the Ohio House Wednesday and
when put on passage was defeated-yeas 4
nays IS. Seven members were absent
who would have voted for the bill, but with
their votes the bill would have had two les
than enough topass il.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

Even the democratic Bee, of Toledo. has
been compelled TO sting Senator Payne.
The punishment was administered because
he voted against Senator Beck's railroad at
torney bill. The Bee should know that
PAYNE is lust that sort of a man.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

We fred off an inevitable and self-acting
pun about the Turpie-tude of the Indiana
democrats. about ten days ago and rather
expected to hear everybody yelling .'chest'
nuts but here comes Tcrds Sjftiags.
bright as daisy. with that same, with a
little variation in its application.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10
The Wooster Rep,eblican prints tt

The Wooster Republican prints this
strong and true editorial utterance:
Governor Foraker, having redeemed the
credit OF our State. placed lis public institu-
tions on an economic and humane basis. re-
stored its self-respect again. and having
seen il become once more Self-SuppOrting.
announces that he will not be candidate
for reelection. The carrying of this into
effect would undoubtedly be of great iinan-
cial benefit to the Governor. but the people
of the State may demand the sacrifice In the
interest of good government.
Everybody will be pleased To read this,
from the Western Christian AdrOcdtc.
about the superintendent of the Home, at
Xenia:
Mr. y. Thomas, the new superintent of
the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home.
at Xena is winning golden opinions, and
the result vindicates the action of Governor
Foraker in making the change. Mr.. Thomas
lost an arm in the war. and is as wise and
Christian in his administration of the
Home as he was brave in battle. Mrs.
Thomas. who is matron of the Home, is an
accomplished Christian lady, and is admir-
ably adapted to the position which she is
called to I'LL
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

Mr.. J. Henderson Wilkinson. an old
Clark county man, is achieving much pro
fessional success as ali attorney. at Wash
ington. He recently gained an important
Minnesota land case, as We learn by q
Washington special to the St Paul Pionec1
Press. Mr.. Wilkinson resides at $40 East
Clpitol street.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

1t is announced that one of our foreign
ministers has been shaking hands with tic
queen of Copenhagen. or some other Euro
pean town or country. and that the queen
aforesaid is quite nervous over the affair.
When she understands that Americans al
ways do that sort Of thing to all decent peo-
pie her equanimity and equipoise will be
restored
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

Mr.. Dewitt land not the Iowa lawyer is
the kind of person who keeps republican
ministers and lawyers away from partisan
prohibition prayer-meetings. His mouth
seems to be beyond the control of even SO
smart a chairman as Mr.. X. 5. Thompson
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-10

Mr.. Jonas Drury says that on ST. Nalen-
tines day, February Il. 1887, thirty years
ago. the mercury was IL degrees below zero
in this city. The frost was all out of the
ground. the day before. There was SNOW
in April and May of the year mentioned.